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The INFORMS Marketing Strategy Committee asks all members to be on the lookout for the 2012 member survey. It will be released on Monday morning, May 14. It's very thorough but only takes about 10 minutes to complete. Information gleaned from this will allow INFORMS to serve all its members better. You also have a great chance to win 1 of 10 Amazon Kindle Fires!
The latest issue of our popular industry magazine features articles from top authors on why large, once-successful companies fail, creating actionable analytics that actually get used, sponsored search advertising, and much more.
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How much should an OR expert charge for consulting work? CLP's QP solver. Is knapsack solvable in polynomial time? Best practices for benchmarking an optimization algorithm. Peruse the OR Exchange.
Carlos Mario Socarras asks, "What would you recommend for the design of a process about mathematical models administration and their maintenance in a company?" Weigh in here.
Yesterday evening I got back from the INFORMS 2012 Analytics Conference, which was held in Huntington Beach, CA. The conference was a resounding success from beginning to end, even if I had to stop by Lehigh on my way to the airport to make copies of my quiz solutions for my teaching assistant, so that she could proctor the exam and grade her part while I was gone (just-in-time operations at their finest). Read more.
The Fellow Award recognizes members who have made significant contributions to the advancement of operations research and the management sciences. The contributions of a nominee will be evaluated in each of the following five categories, and contributions must be outstanding in at least one category: research, practice, management, education, and service. INFORMS will name its 10th set of Fellows at the 2012 INFORMS Annual Meeting in Phoenix. The nomination deadline is June 30, 2012.
Remember: A maximum of four reference letters, including the letter from the nominator, may be submitted.
Visit here to access the forms needed and to read the complete nomination procedure guidelines.
The George E. Kimball Medal is awarded by INFORMS for recognition of distinguished service to the Institute and to the profession of operations research and the management sciences. If you would like to nominate someone (including yourself), please send an email with the name of your nominee along with a brief justification to Michael Trick (trick@cmu.edu) by July 31 for review in August. The website for the award is here, and past awardees are listed at that site. They include Brenda Dietrich, Steve Robinson, Larry Wein, Jim Bean, Mark Daskin, and Mike Trick.
INFORMS is again sponsoring a competition to encourage student research and practice that has societal impact. The "Doing Good with Good OR Student Competition" will feature the most exciting work performed by students in partnership with public and private organizations that yields tangible and beneficial outcomes for individuals, communities, and organizations.
The deadline for submissions has been extended to June 1, 2012. For details on the submission process, please click here. Questions may be directed to the 2012 Committee Co-Chairs Sila Cetinkaya (sila@tamu.edu) and Susan Martonosi (martonosi@hmc.edu).
Railway Applications Section (RAS) of INFORMS has been around since 1994 and has enjoyed a passionate and engaged and growing membership. We are busy planning and preparing for the upcoming INFORMS conference in Phoenix in October. Today, we bring to your attention the following three items: (1) a call for submissions, (2) an invitation for submissions for the 2012 Student Paper Award, and (3) an invitation for entries for the 2012 Problem Solving Competition.
RAS organizes a cluster filled with interesting topics presented by experts in the area of railway/operations research and analytics from around the globe. A detailed announcement can be found here, and if you are interested in presenting your work at the RAS cluster, please contact 2012 Cluster Chair Aihong Wen.
We also invite submissions for the 2012 Student Paper Award on analytics and fact-based decision making in railway applications with a total cash award of U.S. $1750. If interested, please send an email to 2012 Award Chair Juan Morales. Additionally, we are also organizing a RAS Problem Solving Competition with a total cash award of U.S. $3750 open to professors, consultants, and students. The objective is to introduce participants to the exciting world of O.R. problems in railroads. If interested, please send an email to 2012 Award Chair Kamalesh Somani.
The winning entries from the Paper Award as well as the problem competition will be considered for publication in Networks.
